Today’s intention is beauty. I took this picture yesterday. Today I’m going to keep my eyes open to all the beauty around me.

Today’s intention is wonder.

– a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable – desire or be curious to know something – feel doubt –

I’m feeling all the above.

Today my intention is discover. What a sweet, Spring surprise to discover my Forsythia bush in full bud. I can’t wait to show more of my little world shedding its winter coat.

Today’s intention is encourage. I started off the day sending encouraging texts about spring and checking in with family near and far. Then I encouraged myself to cook something new! Cottage Cheese Omelet Muffins. I’m a creature of habit and can/do eat the same thing every day. They turned out GREAT!! Now I’m going to the Met online encouraging myself to be open to different experiences.

brush strokes!

Today my intention was to explore. What better place to explore than a museum. The vast array of types of brush strokes in this collection is amazing. I’m going to reference this visual vocabulary often!

Last week I made a quick stop to the lush, warm rainforest of Costa Rica. Actually I went to Orchid Mania at Cleveland Botanical Garden. It was an artist date a la Julia Cameron. I walked in with my artist’s eyes wide open and took in all the gorgeous colors, shapes and textures. I left with a renewed artist spirit.